Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson has emerged as the leading candidate to become Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, according to two transition officials, marking the latest twist in a multi-week search.210

The Pentagon is drawing up proposals to offer to the Trump administration aiming to intensify the U.S. campaign against Islamic State, including less White House operational oversight and moving some tactical authority back to the Pentagon, military and congressional officials say.

Donald Trump’s plans to tackle the opioid crisis are taking on new urgency as deaths from the drugs are rising sharply, particularly in many of the areas that made up the base of the president-elect’s support.157

Muhtar Kent will step down as chief executive of Coca-Cola Co. and hand the task of reviving sales growth to his top deputy, James Quincey. Mr. Quincey’s transition comes as the beverage giant grapples with changing consumer tastes and the looming threat of special taxes on sugary drinks under consideration by several governments.

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Hooking older consumers on paid streaming is important for the music industry, which is counting on revenue from subscription streaming services to replace declining CD and download sales. Music Aficionado, launched in January, is one site trying to promote streaming to the senior crowd.56

Columbia University graduate students have overwhelmingly voted to join the United Auto Workers union, becoming the first Ivy League school to do so and culminating a years’ long effort to gain the right to unionize.

The two leading figures in the Dakota Access Pipeline standoff, Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier and Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault II, both say they will be the ones left to pick up the pieces when the controversy is resolved.